بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Al-Anbya 21:10
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 322
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?
1 translator’s note
- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder." ↩
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Commentary on 21:10–15
(p-٤٣٩)قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿لَقَدْ أنْزَلْنا إلَيْكم كِتابًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ﴾ الآيَةِ.
فِيهِ خَمْسَةُ تَأْوِيلاتٍ: أحَدُها: فِيهِ حَدِيثُكم، قالَهُ مُجاهِدٌ.
الثّانِي: مَكارِمُ أخْلاقِكم ومَحاسِنُ أعْمالِكم، قالَهُ سُفْيانٌ.
الثّالِثُ: شَرُفُكم إنْ تَمَسَّكْتُمْ بِهِ وعَمِلْتُمْ بِما فِيهِ، قالَهُ ابْنُ عِيسى.
الرّابِعُ: ذِكْرُ ما تَحْتاجُونَ إلَيْهِ مِن أمْرِ دِينِكم.
الخامِسُ: العَمَلُ بِما فِيهِ حَياتُكم، قالَهُ سَهْلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿فَلَمّا أحَسُّوا بَأْسَنا﴾ أيْ عايَنُوا عَذابَنا.
﴿إذا هم مِنها يَرْكُضُونَ﴾ فِيهِ وجْهانِ: أحَدُهُما: مِنَ القَرْيَةِ.
الثّانِي: مِنَ العَذابِ، والرَّكْضُ: الإسْراعُ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿لا تَرْكُضُوا وارْجِعُوا إلى ما أُتْرِفْتُمْ فِيهِ﴾ أيْ نِعَمِكم، والمُتْرَفُ المُنَعَّمُ.
﴿لَعَلَّكم تُسْألُونَ﴾ فِيهِ ثَلاثَةُ أوْجُهٍ: أحَدُها: لَعَلَّكم تُسْألُونَ عَنْ دُنْياكم شَيْئًا، اسْتِهْزاءً بِهِمْ، قالَهُ قَتادَةُ.
الثّانِي: لَعَلَّكم تَقْنَعُونَ بِالمَسْألَةِ، قالَهُ مُجاهِدٌ.
الثّالِثُ: لِتَسْألُوا عَمّا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ، قالَهُ ابْنُ بَحْرٍ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿فَما زالَتْ تِلْكَ دَعْواهُمْ﴾ يَعْنِي ما تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُهُ مِن قَوْلِهِمْ ﴿يا ويْلَنا إنّا كُنّا ظالِمِينَ﴾ ﴿حَتّى جَعَلْناهم حَصِيدًا خامِدِينَ﴾ فِيهِ قَوْلانِ: أحَدُهُما: بِالعَذابِ، قالَهُ الحَسَنُ.
الثّانِي: بِالسَّيْفِ، قالَ مُجاهِدٌ: حَتّى قَتَلَهم بُخْتُنَصَّرُ.
والحَصِيدُ قَطْعُ الِاسْتِئْصالُ كَحَصادِ الزَّرْعِ.
والخُمُودُ: الهُمُودُ كَخُمُودِ النّارِ
(p-٤٤٠)إذا أُطْفِئَتْ، فَشَبَّهَ خُمُودَ الحَياةِ بِخُمُودِ النّارِ، كَما يُقالُ لِمَن ماتَ قَدْ طُفِئَ تَشْبِيهًا بِانْطِفاءِ النّارِ.
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سورة الأنبياء
Al-Anbya
The Prophets · Meccan · 112 ayahs
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
21:1
ٱقۡتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمۡ وَهُمۡ فِي غَفۡلَةٖ مُّعۡرِضُونَ ١
[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.
21:2
مَا يَأۡتِيهِم مِّن ذِكۡرٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحۡدَثٍ إِلَّا ٱسۡتَمَعُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَلۡعَبُونَ ٢
No mention [i.e., revelation] comes to them anew from their Lord except that they listen to it while they are at play
21:3
لَاهِيَةٗ قُلُوبُهُمۡۗ وَأَسَرُّواْ ٱلنَّجۡوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ هَلۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٞ مِّثۡلُكُمۡۖ أَفَتَأۡتُونَ ٱلسِّحۡرَ وَأَنتُمۡ تُبۡصِرُونَ ٣
With their hearts distracted. And those who do wrong conceal their private conversation, [saying], "Is this [Prophet] except a human being like you? So would you approach magic while you are aware [of it]?"
21:4
قَالَ رَبِّي يَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡقَوۡلَ فِي ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ٤
He [the Prophet (ﷺ)] said, "My Lord knows whatever is said throughout the heaven and earth, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing."
21:5
بَلۡ قَالُوٓاْ أَضۡغَٰثُ أَحۡلَٰمِۭ بَلِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُ بَلۡ هُوَ شَاعِرٞ فَلۡيَأۡتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٖ كَمَآ أُرۡسِلَ ٱلۡأَوَّلُونَ ٥
But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers] were sent [with miracles]."
21:6
مَآ ءَامَنَتۡ قَبۡلَهُم مِّن قَرۡيَةٍ أَهۡلَكۡنَٰهَآۖ أَفَهُمۡ يُؤۡمِنُونَ ٦
Not a [single] city which We destroyed believed before them,1 so will they believe?
1 translator’s note
- Even though they had witnessed signs and miracles. ↩
21:7
وَمَآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا قَبۡلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالٗا نُّوحِيٓ إِلَيۡهِمۡۖ فَسۡـَٔلُوٓاْ أَهۡلَ ٱلذِّكۡرِ إِن كُنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ ٧
And We sent not before you, [O Muḥammad], except men to whom We revealed [the message], so ask the people of the message [i.e., former scriptures] if you do not know.
21:8
وَمَا جَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ جَسَدٗا لَّا يَأۡكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُواْ خَٰلِدِينَ ٨
And We did not make them [i.e., the prophets] forms not eating food,1 nor were they immortal [on earth].
1 translator’s note
- Like the angels. Rather, they were human beings with human attributes. ↩
21:9
ثُمَّ صَدَقۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡوَعۡدَ فَأَنجَيۡنَٰهُمۡ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهۡلَكۡنَا ٱلۡمُسۡرِفِينَ ٩
Then1 We fulfilled for them the promise, and We saved them and whom We willed and destroyed the transgressors.
1 translator’s note
- Once they had conveyed the message. ↩
21:10
لَقَدۡ أَنزَلۡنَآ إِلَيۡكُمۡ كِتَٰبٗا فِيهِ ذِكۡرُكُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٠
We have certainly sent down to you a Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in which is your mention.1 Then will you not reason?
1 translator’s note
- This implies the honor of having been mentioned or addressed. Another meaning is "your reminder." ↩